Letter: At best, naïve…

By Louis Call, New Bern

Published: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 06:17 PM.

Sunday’s letter submitted by Mr. Hergenrader illustrates the lack of political acuity in many people today. On the issue of “stringent gun control” he said the following: “Firstly, for this to happen the Supreme Court would have to be replaced since a majority would never support such a move. Legislation, if passed by a Congress which is highly dubious, would be ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.”

The influence of liberal progressives in the Supreme Court has been established by Obama in his first term in office. During the remainder of his second term it is very likely that two Supreme Court justices will be retiring to be replaced by appointments made by the president. Considering Obama’s thirst for gun control it is likely that his appointee’s will fall in line with his manifesto of disarming our Nation.

As incredible as this sounds consider what happened when the Senate voted on the issue of the U.N. Small Arms Treaty. Forty-five Democrats and one Independent voted in favor of the treaty. It was defeated by a 53-46 vote. The outcome of this vote is simple: 46 members of the Senate were willing to submit the Second Amendment to our beloved Constitution to the control of the U.N.

As Americans we have a decision to make. We are either going to stand against the forces of socialism, Marxism and communism that runs amok in our country today, or we will quietly submit to those forces.

Sunday’s letter submitted by Mr. Hergenrader illustrates the lack of political acuity in many people today. On the issue of “stringent gun control” he said the following: “Firstly, for this to happen the Supreme Court would have to be replaced since a majority would never support such a move. Legislation, if passed by a Congress which is highly dubious, would be ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.”

The influence of liberal progressives in the Supreme Court has been established by Obama in his first term in office. During the remainder of his second term it is very likely that two Supreme Court justices will be retiring to be replaced by appointments made by the president. Considering Obama’s thirst for gun control it is likely that his appointee’s will fall in line with his manifesto of disarming our Nation.

As incredible as this sounds consider what happened when the Senate voted on the issue of the U.N. Small Arms Treaty. Forty-five Democrats and one Independent voted in favor of the treaty. It was defeated by a 53-46 vote. The outcome of this vote is simple: 46 members of the Senate were willing to submit the Second Amendment to our beloved Constitution to the control of the U.N.

As Americans we have a decision to make. We are either going to stand against the forces of socialism, Marxism and communism that runs amok in our country today, or we will quietly submit to those forces.